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Title: Ford Considers Scrapping F-150 EV Truck

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/06/2358...

According to the Wall Street Journal, Ford executives are considering
scrapping the electric version of the F-150 pickup truck as losses, supply
setbacks, slow sales, and the arrival of a cheaper midsize EV truck undermine
the business case for its full-size electric pickup. Reuters reports: Last
month, a union official told Reuters that Ford was pausing production at the
Dearborn, Michigan, plant that makes its F-150 Lightning electric pickup due
to a fire at a supplier's aluminum factory. "We have good inventories of the
F-150 Lightning and will bring Rouge Electric Vehicle Center back up at the
right time, but don't have an exact date at this time," Ford said in a
statement on Thursday. The WSJ report added that General Motors executives
have discussed discontinuing some electric trucks, citing people familiar
with the matter. The Detroit three, which includes Ford, GM and Chrysler-
parent Stellantis, have rolled back their ambitious plans for EVs in the
United States, pivoting to their gasoline-powered models.

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